| Hernando Gomez, MD, MPH Pittsburgh, PA USA Dr. Hernando Gomez is an Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Clinical and Translational Research in the School of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh. He obtained his degree as Medical Doctor from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 2001, and as specialist in Anesthesiology and Resuscitation from the same institution in 2007. He then joined the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated from in 2010 as a specialist in Critical Care Medicine. In addition, he obtained his Master in Public Health from the Graduate School of Public Health of the University of Pittsburgh in August 2014. Dr. Gomez joined as Faculty in the Department of Critical Care Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh in August 2010, where he has advanced his academic career as a physician investigator. His clinical experience has been caring for critically ill patients in the surgical and cardiothoracic intensive care units. His research interest is studying the role energy regulatory pathways, mitochondrial quality control processes and microvascular dysfunction play in the genesis of sepsis-induced organ dysfunction, with particular focus on sepsis-induced acute kidney injury. Dr. Gomez has received a CEED grant from the Institute of Clinical Research Education in 2011, a K12 career development award from the department of Emergency Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh in 2013, a K08 career development award from NIGMS/NIH in 2016, and multiple intramural awards to develop his research interest under the mentorship of Dr. John Kellum, Michael Pinsky and Brian Zuckerbruan.  |